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<br />the b~sin ~ere estimated ~t ~185.6S0 includinQ '$1 ,O()O at (;rpele~ ilnd
<br />$33,000 lor crops and I i~estock.
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<br />June24-26, 1917-TMelloodof 1917,reported
<br />'Irelltes-t near Greeley, WIIS cllue,,,d by ra in 1,,11 ino on 11 hea~v snow blanket
<br />in the mountains and ~uonlomonted by local rains In the IQw"r portion 01
<br />the basin. The county ~ur~eyor ostim<lted 11 ~ellk ~,e~~~ '- 13 ""~ .
<br />" v' .,~"ur<1e 0' ,''''.,,, cubIC
<br />feet Der second nellr Greeley, but the pellk at the Greeley 'lIlQe near the
<br />mouth of -the strellm ~as 4,240 cubic feet per second on 25 June. Totlll
<br />dam<lqes for the basin were esti~llted lit $19,000 with $3,O()O lit Greeley.
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<br />:; _ 4 August 1951 - A hcll~Y rainstorm over the
<br />RockyMountllinloothlllson3August 19SI,withMarl..,12Inches'lIe1SUred
<br />ni;<lr Bell~ua, Color<ldo in the C<lche la Poudre River basin, C<lused
<br />se~ere flood ing II10ng that strwm. fb damaqes ~ere reoorted In the
<br />studyreachandaccountsofthaflood indlcatethatthaFottColllns
<br /><lrall ~as most affocted.
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<br />10 throuqh 18 June 1923 - Snow cover In the basin W<lS
<br />about50percentaoover>orrm:lllntheSorinaofl923andJunewilsone
<br />of the wettest of record. FloodTnq alonn the 80udre caused ~1:;2,500 in
<br />tot~ I da""'<1e5 in the bil~ in inclUd In<! S5,~OO at Greeley. The fort Coil ins
<br />Expr-ess, 17 June 1923, in a dispatch IromGreeley shtad:
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<br />June 1965 - Hea~y to torrential rainfall o~er large
<br />port Ions of the South PlaTte River basTn with the Cache la Poudre R I~er
<br />basin receiving Its greatest arnountson 14 and 15 Junacaused flooding
<br />throughout the study reach. Flood daMage at Greeley was estlm<lted at
<br />$85,000. Rural daMageswereaooutS700,000fortheCache lal'oudre
<br />RI~er basin TnClud ing the study reach. The Greeley Tr ibune 01 17 June
<br />1965report9d:
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<br />"Hi'lMw"teronthePoudresecondonlytothetloodo/
<br />1904, tonioht shut off all tra~el on hiqhwavs north and ~8st
<br />of the city and had dri~en e score 01 fami lies IrO/" thel r homes
<br />on the lowlands. . . Three feet ot w",ter has drl~en -tourists
<br />trom their camnoround In the bottoms. The 8b~d farm northwest
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<br />"The Cache laPoudrewasspreadingout Into
<br />the lowlands north and east of Greeley. . Policewera
<br />lorcod to close the 6th ~venue bridge and the 5th Street
<br />bridge.. . At 5th Street water"<ls splllTng out of the
<br />bdnks to the 8<lst on the north si<leotthe bridqe."
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<br />of h"rA ",.,5 ..ntir..ly 'Jn~..,.. '~~t"r <(0; t~a <i~:;~ '!"ime ~Ince 12C4".
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<br />Pictures of some 01 the past floodsara Shown on the following
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<br />19 throuqh 23 June 1947 - Heavv rains, Tncludinn 2.7 Inches
<br />In 1.5 hour at Win~~o' O' 2' J.... '. "d ,,,
<br />v~. " u ~,,~ ~"me nq Snow one., fror" caused the
<br />CaChe la Poudre River to o~er/low In the "realey arei'! caus;no
<br />IIn estlrMted $74.000 in daIM'Ies. DamaGes were about evenly dividedl.>ah.,.,n
<br />urban and rural are"5. An ..,~timatad 200 Inh~~it.n->-o. < 1 CO
<br />~~ ~"'., n, homes in the
<br />f 1000 pia j n were evacua'ted. ,~d i ko On rIOrth 9th Avenue broke earl y on the
<br />23rd re~ultinq In flooding ot 11 residential IIrea there. No br;oQes wore
<br />destroyed IIlthouqh " number were closed to tralfic durTna t~e floadlno.
<br />It was reported that ahout 170 acres were flOOded In r,r~e.I'... C
<br />,..~. a"'IIGe5
<br />wero5uffer'edto irriO<ltionstructure5tJostrrorr.c.fGreelev.
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